Giant enhanced stability of the quantum electron solid from a weakened electron-electron interaction in double-layer MoS 2
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2024-03-19
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Physical Review B
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The melting temperature of the quantum electron solid in double-layer two-dimensional MoS2 stacked on opposite sides of a thin layer of BN is larger than previous single-layer results in Si-MOSFETs and bilayer estimates by four orders of magnitude. This giant enhancement of the stability of the solid comes from a shear modulus μ that is an order of magnitude larger than expected and comes from a weakened electron-electron interaction due to the screening by the polarization charges at the interfaces of the experimental structure. We found that the short-range part of the interelectron Coulomb potential actually provides for a negative contribution to μ and makes the lattice less stable. The weakening of this short-range contribution enhances μ by an order of magnitude. This large μ, together with a larger energy scale e2/ab for a smaller Bohr radius ab for the experimental structure, leads to a high melting temperature and makes possible using the structure as a practical logic device. Our understanding of this phenomenon guides us in optimizing its design. The large melting temperature and the small zero-temperature critical density agrees with experimental results extracted from the density and temperature dependence of the Coulomb drag resistance.
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This article was originally published in Physical Review B. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.165412. ©2024 American Physical Society
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Chui, S. T., Meizhen Huang, Zefei Wu, and Ning Wang. “Giant Enhanced Stability of the Quantum Electron Solid from a Weakened Electron-Electron Interaction in Double-Layer MoS 2.” Physical Review B 109, no. 16 (April 5, 2024): 165412. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.165412.